Yakuza Kiwami 2 confirmed by Sega, heads to Japan later this year

28 Aug 2017

Steve Wright

Yakuza Kiwami 2 was confirmed by Sega at an event in Tokyo earlier this week.

In the vein of Yakuza Kiwami, Kiwami 2 is a remake of 2008’s Yakuza 2, originally released on PS2.

The title will use the same Dragon Engine that powers Yakuza 6 and will be available in Asia and Japan 7 December 2017.

http://youtu.be/QpXgE8Iqgho

There’s no word yet on a western release.

Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the original Yakuza, heads to PS4 on 29 August.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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